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Definition of Puggries
1. puggry [n] - See also: puggry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puggries
Literary usage of Puggries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny, 1857-59: Including the Relief, Siege, and by William Forbes-Mitchell (1895)
"The latter wore voluminous thick puggries round their heads, which our blunt
swords were powerless to cut through, and each horseman had also a buffalo-hide ..."
2. Tent Life in Tigerland: With which is Incorporated Sport and Work on the by James Inglis (1892)
"Tall policemen, with blue jackets, red puggries, yellow .belts, and white trousers,
stalk up and down with conscious dignity. A madcap young assistant on ..."
3. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier by James Inglis (1878)
"Tall policemen, with blue jackets, red puggries, yellow belts, and white trousers,
stalk up and down with conscious dignity. A madcap young assistant on his ..."
4. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke (1903)
"... used frequently to be turned out to parade in George Town streets, dressed in
a neat uniform, with white puggries framing in their ebony faces. ..."
5. Memoir and Correspondence of General James Stuart Fraser of the Madras Army by Hastings Fraser (1885)
"... and the haughty swagger of the young dandies, who delight to show off their
various-coloured robes, and to strut about with long, streaming puggries, ..."
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